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Date Walnut Cake

Name: Date Walnut Cake
Prep time: 23 min
Cook time: 42 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 9 servings
Cuisine: Desserts
Ingredients: 3 tbsp Butter; a pinch Salt; 3 Eggs; 1 cup Sugar; 2 tsp Baking Powder; 1 tsp Vanilla Extract; 1 cup, chopped Walnuts; 1/2 cup Brown Sugar; 1 cup, pitted and chopped Dates

🍰 Desserts

Chopped dates dissolved into caramel-sweet batter, the teatime loaf of grandmothers everywhere. A tender, bakery-style crumb that stays moist for days. Great as-is, or warmed for twenty seconds with a scoop of ice cream.

Prep 23 min Cook 42 min Serves 9 Medium

Ingredients

Butter3 tbsp
Salta pinch
Eggs3
Sugar1 cup
Baking Powder2 tsp
Vanilla Extract1 tsp
Walnuts1 cup, chopped
Brown Sugar1/2 cup
Dates1 cup, pitted and chopped

Instructions

1
Set the oven to 180 C / 350 F and line the base of your tin with parchment.
2
Beat the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy, then add the eggs one at a time.
3
Sift in the flour, walnuts and leaveners and fold gently — stop the moment the batter comes together.
4
Pour into the tin and bake 30-40 minutes, until a skewer in the centre comes out clean.
5
Cool completely, then frost or dust — a warm cake melts frosting into a puddle.

Chef's tip

Resting a custard or pudding overnight deepens the flavour and sets a cleaner slice.

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